heavy-hearted

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From feeling heavy-hearted to having butterflies in your stomach, it seems inherent to the human condition that we feel emotions in our bodies, not just in our brains.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Posting on social media, the 31-year-old said he was "very heavy-hearted and apologetic" to bring his fans "disappointing news".

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

After the heavy-hearted piano ballad, a mode Carlile nails as well as any first-rate pop vocalist, came the fiery “Broken Horses,” which shares a title with her book.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Personal remembrances came with a heavy-hearted “Nimrod” from Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations and Frank Ticheli’s honey-coated “Rest,” written in memory of St.Clair’s son and performed by the orchestra and Pacific Chorale.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2019

Evil may be endured when our days pass in mourning, heavy-hearted, hard beset, if only sleep reign over nighttime, blanketing the world’s good and evil from our eyes.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer